3.0.0 2696 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z Senate S S 2004-07-20 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-20T22:30:32Z 2004-07-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Emergency Management Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Communication in medicine Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security EBB Terrorism Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Equipment and supplies Executive reorganization Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fire departments Government Operations and Politics Health Labor and Employment Law enforcement officers Local employees Metropolitan areas Military communications New York City Office buildings Paramedical personnel Police Police communication systems Police training Port authorities Science, Technology, Communications Standards State-local relations Subways Telephone Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Tunnels Urban affairs Emergency Management 00 2004-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-07T18:12:02Z U.S. Homeland Security Signal Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish, within the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response, a Homeland Security Signal Corps, comprised of specially trained emergency personnel, to: (1) ensure that first responders can communicate with one another, mobile command centers, headquarters, and the public at disaster sites or in the event of a terrorist attack or a national crisis; (2) provide sufficient training and equipment to enable fire and police units to deal with all threats and contingencies in any environment; and (3) secure joint-use equipment that can access surviving telephone land lines to supplement communications access.

Directs the Signal Corps to establish a set of standard operating procedures that will ensure that first responders from each Federal, State, and local agency have the methods and means to communicate with, or substitute for, first responders from other agencies in the event of a multi-state terrorist attack or a national crisis.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Secretary to establish a demonstration signal corps in New York City to ensure communications connectivity between New York's police and fire departments and to serve as a model for other major metropolitan areas. Directs: (1) the Mayor of New York to appoint team captains to command communications companies drawn from such personnel; and (2) the Signal Corps Headquarters, located in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, to provide technical assistance to the demonstration signal corps.

]]> U.S. Homeland Security Signal Act of 2004 Display Title U.S. Homeland Security Signal Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the United States Homeland Security Signal Corps to ensure proper communications between law enforcement agencies. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced U.S. Homeland Security Signal Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-20T04:00:00Z 2004-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.